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We decided to play a short shadowrun adventure for some lighthearted fun, and fun it was !!!!

The intro

The Shadows have evolved!

The year is 2072. The world is not only Awakened—it’s wired. Cyber- and bioware implants make your meat body better-thanflesh, while the wireless Matrix enhances your perceptions with hyper-real senses. Deals are made in steel and lead more often than gold or nuyen; success and failure live only a razor’s edge apart. Creatures of myth and legend walk the streets, while the arcane skills of spellslingers are in high demand. Above it all, monolithic megacorps bleed the world dry, sabotaging each other in covert cutthroat competition as they go to war over the bottom line. You’re a shadowrunner, a street operative, scratching out a living on the mean sprawl streets. You may be human, elf, dwarf, ork or troll. From lethal street samurai to well-connected info brokers, spell-slinging mages to code-cracking hackers; no matter what, you’re a professional—corporate pawn or “deniable asset”—you get the job done.

The characters

ERIC The Adept

AKA Mr johanson used to work for the aires corporation in its paranormal research division until he found out that some of the research being carried out went beyond what he found acceptable, he accepted that all corporations used runners and that sometimes rules are meant to be broken but experementation on the down and outs should always be done in a way that he could rationalise and using them test the latest smart hunter drones went beyond the acceptable, erik decided that the seatle head of research at his facility had learn the error of his way and the head of operations decided to go slumming in the same district that the drones were being tested and suddenly he found himself in the target area with no idea how he got there, no coms equipment and his docwagon contract terminated, being a spellcasting researcher has its perks, eric decided that when the new head of research anounced that he was to push on with the research with the drones a constructive fire was called for, it got a little out of hand and as well as the reseach office most of the company offices were gutted in the fire luckily there was only two lives lost that night the second head of research and eric so mr johansen was born and the company decided that the research project should use new methods of testing. erics call to the district aterney for his dying confesion from the fire as to what was happening may have had something to do with this, mr johanson then entered the ten thousand daggers mercinary company as a combat mage and for several years toured the globe visiting hotspots in all of the major theatres of war before becoming a runner in his home town… he still ocasionaly belives that justice needs to be dispenced and several murderers and rapists have jumped from the platform into the way of oncoming trains, one even confessed on prime time trid show before jumping (control spells are a wonder of the modern age)

Havlock Bonesnapper the Bounty Hunter

My name Havlock Bonesnapper was an ex cop who was forced out for excessive force.Namely beat a child murderer to within an inch of his life (took being restrained by five officers to prevent killing him). Disillusioned with the justice system Simlack(afore mentioned murderer)got off due to lack of evidence and I was prosecuted/sacked and only avoided jail with the help of my mentor superintendent Lasarus.Spent the next two year as a mercenary in the jungles of south america working for the highest bidder.Eventually returned home and with the help of Lasarus got work in private security for a year before becoming a bounty hunter.Hunting the scum of the earth again this time without the restraints of the police,which is just how I like it. Contacts Lasarus mcruder Superintendant Police,Jason Delvin ex boss Morlin security,Housous Caracas local fence and boyhood friend(underworld connection)Samfard london ex mercenary currently bouncer in local club Wipeout(friend and underworld connection)Sarah Connerly police officer(ex partner-romantic interest)

One more side note, that child killer(Simlack)met with an unfortunate accident,seems he slipped and fell in front of a mag-lev train. Apparently the only way they could identify his body was through his DNA.The local press mentioned a tall bulky figure seen leaving the scene in a hurry but no one saw his face or how the guy “fell” onto the tracks.To this day the case remains open,along with several other high profile cases of mysterious deaths all involving nefarious characters.Unconvicted murderers rapists and the like,seems there may be a vigilante in the city.Oh well, I’m sure they wont be missed least of all by me.Funny headline in the paper the other day crime down 33% criminals running scared.If they’ve got any sense they will be scared straight,if not then they just may meet with an unfortunate accident.Hey,its a dangerous city out there,very dangerous now I’ve returned.

The Team – Havlock and Eric are old friends from the mercenary core, havllock runs the shadows for excitement, while eric knows if he ever shows himself again, ares will have him killed, his aim is to build enough cash to bring the major corp to its knee`s. Eric helped Havlock to “persuade” the killer simlack to throw himself infront of a train. They travel by taxi or bus and so the first thing on the list , lets get proffesional and get some transport. !!!

It’s the great equalizer. It’ll stop a troll the size of car as easily as the smallest dwarf or the thinnest elf. It ain’t a weapon, spell or even a dragon—it’s hunger. When it’s time to eat, you just gotta get the stuffers into your stomach before you go berserk. What are stuffers? They used to be called junk food or munchies. They’re probably just as good for you as nutrisoy and krill-filler, regardless of those ads from the Nutrition Council. When the pangs hit, there’s only one place to go (especially when the sun rises in about an hour) to find that kind of chow. It’s the place everyone loves to hate: Stuffer Shack.

As the team enters…… Great tracts of neon and fluorescent lights that leech away color to make everything a uniform, dull gray indicate that you have arrived at the home of synth-alcohol, soykaf, porno-simchips, Holohayo 3D greeting cards, pneumatic fluid for your bike, cheap fetish trinkets for the magical wannabes, soygrits, and a full line of stuffers with no redeeming nutritional or social value. Yep, the good ol’ Stuffer Shack, home to a smell you can’t recognize (and probably don’t want to) and thousands of nuyen worth of stomach-rotting chow. As an added benefit, t’s open 24-7-365. The store clerk is flipping through a holo-zine as his girlfriend sits on a stool next to the counter babbling incessantly about her completely uneventful day. A young couple in full punk regalia is shopping sullenly for cat food. A thin nervous man searches thice-cream cases frantically as though his life hung ithe balance. In other words, everything is normal for a Stuffer Shack, even at 4 am.

The team goes ther seperate way , Eric to find some snacks, Havlock to find something to detox…….

You look up as a mildly attractive elf woman enters the store with a wailing child in tow. You and the other clientele of the Stuffer Shack wrinkle your noses at the offending noise, which is spoiling the remnants of your Saturday night stupor. Suddenly a violent explosion erupts form the parking lot spraying glass and Stuffers across the room. The wall caves in and dangling fluorescent lamps spray sparks as they sway precariously. After a few moments of shocked silence, two large figures step through the gaping blast hole that used to be the front of the Stuffer Shack, guns drawn, faces tense. The uglier of the two shouts, “None of ya’s is gonna get hurt if ya keep yer yaps shut and stay outta the way. Now tell me where the lady with tha baby is and you all isgonna live to see sunrise.”

The elven women hides and its Havlock who acts first , throwing in a smoke grenade, the combat then ensure, shadowrun is a very brutal combat , guns, magic, spirits , its fast paced and high octane, when a third hitman appears , a dwarven street shaman, they knew it was going to be tough. . Eric took the shaman on , he summoned a fire spirit that engulfed the dwarf slowly burning him to death, while havlock layed waste with his shotgun, blowing the 2 hitmen away , and blowing the head off the shaman.

I made a mistake here so sorry , i should have said

The elf introduces herself as Lady nells a fixer of some repute, she worked for a Minor Record Company during the day, until the the boss knocked he up, not once but twice, and is now trying the get rid of her, she tells the team, she can get them work as payment for saving her life .

A few days later………………………………

You’ve gathered for a discussion of your employment prospects and a midnight meal at the Ork with the Gold Tooth Tavern, an excellent little spot in Renton for eggs-and-spam-flavored soy product. The place has a real name, but everybody just names it by the grinning face of some obscure comedian on a particularly tenacious poster for some long-forgotten comedy simsense flick, plastered to the boards covering the window by the front door. In rapid succession, each of your commlinks signal an incoming conference call from Lady Nell, your fixer. It’s flagged as extremely urgent. “People, I need your help, and I need it now. I’ve got a team under siege, and they need help, and they’re right across I-90 from you in Redmond. There’s 10,000¥ for you if you say yes right now, and another ten if you rescue them.

The final fight was indeed epic and so close, the mighty corik was knowck unconscious , Bris was a whisper from death, Kolbi was drained of his wisdom and nearly turned into a cabbage and yet they prevailed , through it all the prevailed!!!

The battle took well over 2hours and was a very tense, finally the lamia and Barl were slain! The mountain Massacre came to end , taking the body part of Labadar the ex leader of the Black brothers, to whitewillow, myrianna raises him back from the dead . Labadar becomes the new warden of whitewillow and vows to bring the evil place back to its original state.

He tells the characters the mention of a dark in the area , was in the journal of a ranger called Gib Glamari , he was known to have seen put his days in the varisian coast in a place called sandpoint!! His family in the service of Voren Foxglove! If his journal was anywhere it would be there.

Hang on thought Corik , we have already been there, searching through his magic bag he finds the book!!!!

Travelling back to turtlebeck , the characters have a bath and food . Corik read the journal.

It mentions the spindlehorn , and a passageway in the Storval.,

We left it as the characters are selling up there gear and getting sorted for the next part of the story, a journey through the wyvern mounts to the spindle horn………………….

The characters killed 2 guards with there hounds , they finally make it to the final battle , Barl breakbones sits on a mighy throne, while a hooded figure does some sort of evil magic ritual , they have witnessed this before, but where ? Yes Mama Graul was doing the same ritual ??? what can this mean!!

The fight starts with Barl the tension/apprehension very high the battle continues ………………………….

I happen to mention to John , “the guild ” season 1 and believe he spent the full day watching them lol!!!

Back to the story……………………..

Constant flurries of wind-borne snow and frost lash at a gaping hole in the side of Hook Mountain here. Smoke pours forth from the cave entrance, only to be instantly dispersed by the wind.

The Players dispatch the ogre sentrys with ease and make there way into the hook!

At the mouth of darkness, jagged spurs of bone protrude from the stone on either side of the cave entrance, each towering twenty feet in height— apparently the ribs of some monstrous behemoth. An enormous statue stands here in frozen vigil—a forty-foot-tall giant with black skin covered by fissures and cracks, like the bed of a dried river. He wears majestic armor gilt and encrusted with gems, and grips a towering glaive in his armored fists. The giant’s face is hidden by a ferocious full helm forged into the sneering grimace of a fanged devil. Around the giant’s neck hangs a medallion—a seven-pointed star.

They make there up a huge flight of stairs, deeper into the kreeg hold, but this place is almost empty , weird this is a clan strong hold , is there a runewell near?, making their way past A deep pit hewn from hard stone here descends into soot and darkness.The stale reek of decay wafts up from the depths below.Looking in they see a mass of bones of ogres, humans and animals!!! No one climbs down to check.

They then climb another set of stairs a smaller room, they see 4 sentries hidden in the black smoke, they can hear the rythmic chanting of something magic beyond the sentries , to the south they hear the banging of metal on metal, Trying to sneak about Bris is noticed and the alarm is raised !!!

Killing the sentries and some very weak ogres, they move into the room with the chanting

This foul-smelling cave is cluttered with an appalling amount of body parts, dead animals, spoiled food, and filth, but none so hideous as what bubbles and cooks in a huge cauldron over a sputtering fire in a nook to the north.Rumor holds that these three annis hags were once related toprincess Myriana before envy and evil jealousy polluted themand they engaged in all manner of monstrous acts and vile ritesin hopes of improving their beauty to outshine their sister.Briselda is a hulking humpbacked hag with oversized talonssprouting from her stumpy arms. Grelthaga is tall and thin, likea skeleton wrapped in ugly purple flesh and a sagging white robe.Larastine’s face is a mass of pustules, warts the size of gold pieces,and craters that weep ooze. She is squat and fat with bulbousbreasts that hang almost to her knees. The sisters see each otherfor the horrors they are, but in their madness, they see their ownreflections as pure loveliness.

They have a new pet the shade of Lamatar, ex leader of Fort Rannick , floats about the room!

This shade was tough and i mean tough, but with a cleric and a raise dead spell, the shade was laid to rest, fearing for the there lives the hags , plead for there lives!!

They find out, that Barl Breakbones awaits with his pet Lamia, the Hags give the characters a small piece of lamatar , so they can get him revived by myrianna, but its now time to face mighty Barl and find out his involvement and his involvement with Mokmurian…………………………………………………………….